Stair-carpet fastener.



J. D. GALLAGHER.

STAIR CARPET FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 26,1911.

Patented Oct. 8, 1912.

WITNESSES 4 WWW COLUMBIA PLANUGRAPH 50.. WASHINGTON. u. c

INVENTOR V ATTORNEY JOSEPH D. GALLAGHER, OF GLEN RIDGE, NEW JERSEY.

STAIR-CARPET FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 8, 191

Application filed June 26, 1911. Serial No. 635,391.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J osnrn I). G.\liI1. \(il:l1l'lll, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Glen Ridge, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have made and invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stair-Carpct Fasteners, of which the 'fOllOWiIlg is a specification.

My invention relates to fasteners for stair carpets of the type wherein loops or tolds formed in the carpet are secured in clasps located adjacent the rear 01'' the treads and lower portions of the risers of the stairs, the object being to provide an improved stair carpet fastener of the type referred to.

In the accompanying drawing wherein the preferred embodiment of my invent-ion illustrated: Figure 1 is a View showing a portion of a flight of stairs with a carpet secured in place by means of my improved fasteners; Fig. 2 is a view showing a section of a tread and riser, with clips wherein a fold of the carpet may be secured; Fig. 3 is a similar View showing a fold of a carpet held in place by means of my improved fastener, and; Fig. 1 is a view similar to Fig. 3, but showing a slightly modified form of my fastener.

Referring to the drawing, 5 are the treads, G the risers of a flight of stairs, and 7 two clips located in the angle formed by a tread and riser, the outer ends of which approach close to one another to thereby form a long narrow slot 8 opening into an en larged inner recess 9 as shown, and which clips form a clasping member designed to receive folds 10 formed in the stair carpet 11, as best shown in Figs. 3 and 4t 01 the drawing.

In laying the carpet the loops 10 are formed and pushed through the opening or slot 8 into the enlarged internal recess 9 inclosed by the clips 7 after which a flexible securing member comprising a tube 12 or a rod 18 is pushed into the loop thus expand ing it to such an extent that it may not pull out through the slot, as will be understood from Figs. 8 and at.

The tube 12 and rod 13 being flexible as stated, may be bent and worked into place within the loop in positions where there is but little room, and in cases where it would be impossible to use straight inflexible rods because of lack of room, such as is commonly the case in box or inclosed stairs and such as is frequently the case with winding or spiral stairs; the flexible member being bent, as shown in Fig. 1, to bring its tree end in line with the loop in the carpet, and. straightened, as the end thereof is forced along the loop, as will be mulcrstmul. My improved fastener is also of advantage in the case of stairs open at one side and having a balustradc, as in such instance, a supporting stringer, or a casing secured thereto, frequently so extends above the risers as to obstruct the angle between the same and the treads. In such cases the llexible member may be bent and worked into place, first having been inserted :l'rom either the wall side of the stairs or the open side, as will be readily understood.

The flexible securing member may be of various forms, and may be made in one or a plurality of sections, this latter form being particularly advantageous where said llexible member is to be inserted from each side of the carpet, or where the space available is unusually limited. In Figs. 1 and 3, it is shown. as a piece of llexible tubing, while in Fig. l the lleXiblc member is shown solid, in which case it may be made 01' a rubber con'iposition, or of lead or similar so'lt metal, it being necessary only that it be su'llieiently flexible to accomplish the purposes for which it is intended.

The diameter of the securing member should obviously be such that when it is in place within a, loop the same will be prevented from pulling through the slot; the said socmiing member being ordinarily for purposes of greater security, somewhatgreater in diameter than the width of the slot S. The clasping member is preferably formed from two similar clips, having a base portion l t and a curved clasping portion 15 as shown in Fig. 2, as a simple and cheap form of clasping member is thereby procured, the sections of the clasping memher being cut from a single bar of metal rolled or otherwise shaped into the necessary form.

Ilaving thus described and explained my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. A stair carpet fastener eonmrising a elasping member having a long narrow slot through which a fold oi" the carpet may be passed, and a llcxible securing member adapted to lie within the fold of the carpet and back of said slot, whereby the securing member may be used in box stairs or in a limited space.

2. The combination with a clasping member having a long narrow slot and an enlarged internal recess, of a flexible securing member greater in diameter than the width of said slot and adapted to lie within said internal recess, whereby the securing member may be used in box stairs or in a limited space.

3. A. stair carpet fastener comprising two clips having projecting clasping portions arranged adjacent one another, the free ends of which provide a long narrow slot through which a fold of the carpet may be passed, and a flexible securing member adapted to lie within the fold of the carpet between said clips to thereby retain the loop of the carpet in place, whereby the securing member may be used in box stairs or in a limited space.

Signed at New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county of New York, and State of New York, this 21st day of June, A. D. 1911.

JOSEPH D. GALLAGHER.

Witnesses A. V. VVALsH, H. WHITE.

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